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Deluge
Slow-moving storm system dumps nearly a foot of water on Atmore area Vehicles created ‘rooster tails’ as they passed through the intersection of U.S. 31 and Medical Park Drive Monday morning. By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Although most of the 10-12 inches of rain that fell on the area Sunday night (April 6) and into Monday had drained by Tuesday, Atmore remained for the most part a soggy city.Atmore Fire…
by Don Fletcher access_time8 months ago
‘God-driven moment’
Morris settling in as Atmore Christian’s new administrator By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Stephen Morris has been at Atmore Christian School (ACS) for about a month now, and so far, he likes what he’s seen. And, as the former Samaritan Ministries management team member settles into his new position as school administrator (or principal), at least one school official acknowledges that Divine Intervention led Morris to ACS.“This is a God-driven…
by Don Fletcher access_time8 months ago
Council to consider rezoning 64 properties annexed in ’22
By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore City Council members will consider during their April 28 meeting an amendment to the city’s zoning map that will designate 64 parcels of property — most of them along or just off Alabama 21 — as General Business.Such a designation will mean that a wide range of retail and wholesale entities — from bars, bowling alleys and bakeries to daycare centers, gas stations and…
by Don Fletcher access_time8 months ago
Felony arrests
Suspect rolls cop’s arm in window, turns minor arrest into felony By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer The following felony arrests were reported by officers of the Atmore Police Department (APD) during the period April 1-3:Miller McCaster McCaster The Atmore man, 37, was arrested April 3 on numerous charges, including assault on a police officer and felony pot possession, after an APD officer recognized him as the subject of a misdemeanor…
by Don Fletcher access_time8 months ago
Brewton meth manufacturer denied parole
Thompson By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer The Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles, during its recent hearings, denied early release for a Brewton man who has served just over three years of a 20-year sentence handed down after his second statutory rape conviction within a six-year period.Mark Brandon Thompson is serving time for having sexual relations with a person who was between the ages of 12 and 16 years at…
by Don Fletcher access_time8 months ago